Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur barn i förskolan uppfattar miljö, natur och miljöproblem. Mil-jöarbete är i högsta grad aktuellt i förskolan då det står i läroplanen att det ska vara en stor del av verk-samheten (Skolverket, 2010). Nio barn i åldern fem till sex år från två förskolor i olika kommuner var med i studien. Vi använde oss av halvstrukturerade kvalitativa intervjuer.Resultatet visade att miljö var ett okänt begrepp för barnen, men däremot var begreppet natur mer känt för dem. Framförallt beskrev barnen naturen i termer av komponenter som träd, blommor, växter och djur.

The overall purpose of this essay is to come to a deeper understanding about videos in the Youtube beauty community by using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods. By answering the main questions of the essay which are; What quantitatively measurable components are there in the videos that can be seen as contributing factors leading to the fact that some generate more views that others?; Is there a set mold for success containing certain aspects that a video must have to stand out?; What correlations can be found between the two categories of analysis and how do these potential correlations affect the popularity of the video? and What effects do specific components on the level of popularity of the video?, we?ve been able to distinguish differences as well as similarities on both qualitative and quantitative levels. We have also seen that using the two methods together have enabled us to reach more profound results. The main result that we have found on a quantitative level is that there are obvious correlations between a high level of popularity and a good visual quality.

This essay shows how the concept of virtue can deepen our understanding considering processes of empowerment. A virtue is understood as a trait of character, manifested in habitual action, that it is good for person a to have. Virtues are interpreted as socially constructed. Empowerment is presented as a process toward self-confidence and self-determination where recourses and freedom propels the development toward power for the individual, the household and the community. Why does the concept of virtue deepen our understanding? It is argued that our theoretical perceptive of empowerment needs to better encompass values, norms and practise.

Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur personer med lindriga kognitiva funktionshinder ser på arbete som fenomen. Metoden var kvalitativ med en fenomenologisk ansats. För att få svar på frågeställningarna intervjuades 6 personer, 2 kvinnor och 4 män, som hade arbetspraktik eller arbetsverksamhet genom ett företag som arbetade utifrån ISA-metoden. Personerna hade alla lindriga kognitiva funktionshinder. Teoretisk ram var normaliseringsprincipen, Social role valorization och andra aspekter på normali-sering.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att undersöka hur sångelever talar om sina uppfattningar om, och sitt arbete med, stöd. För att ta reda på detta använde vi oss av kvalitativa intervjuer med sex stycken sångelever på gymnasiets estetiska program med inriktning musik. Huvuddragen i de uppfattningar som vi mötte var att stöd är nödvändigt för att sjunga hälsosamt, speciellt vid starka och höga toner. De flesta av våra informanter hade svårt att uttrycka sig verbalt om vad som sker i kroppen vid stödanvändning, trots att flera uppgav att de har lätt för att använda sig av stöd rent praktiskt. Informanterna kopplar främst stöd till bukmuskulaturen och andningen.

This essay analyses the national standard for maintenance aid and if it´s compatible with the standards set in the government mould.As new-liberal ideas get more scope in the Swedish policy the analyses focus consisted in seeing about the social contribution been changed, and if the standards in the government mould have lost their worth.The national standard is not edified on the basis of subsistence levels, but becomes paradoxical when numbers of welfare recipients is the measure used in order to measure poverty, concurrent as the government mould aims to protecting every citizen?s welfare.The study analyses a type of society that has emerged during a period of time. In a normative analysis concepts are set in relation to each other where, the analysis presents standards that are vague. If the standards in the government mould are presented as something valuable and get their worth back in the policy, perhaps also the citizen´s in Sweden change attitude to poverty and welfare contribution.   Social- liberalism justifies social contribution and the welfare State, while new-liberalism has other opinions about what redistribution should contain.

Title: Valuing Real Estate FCFE and interest coverage under macroeconomic uncertainty with scenario analysisAuthors: Marcus Ewerstrand, Jakob MattssonAdvisor: Gert SandahlBackground and problem: After the collapse in the Swedish economy in the beginning of the 1990-ties, the company Secerum was launched. Securums objective was to handle unsecured credits from Nordbanken by transferring a large portfolio of properties and to setup a number of companies who would be in charge for the prospects of these assets. One company that was established during this remarkable period was Castellum, in the year of 1994. After a successful process of raising capital to its development of corporate strategies and formation of several affiliated companies which operates locally, Castellum was publish on the Stockholm stock exchange 1997/1998. Now, thirteen years later after its establishment, the credit crunch in the US.

The aim of this dissertation is to examine and compare William Easterly?s and PGU?s (Shared Responsibility: Sweden's Policy for Global Development) different views on development and international development cooperation. The methodological approach chosen in this study is an analysis of ideas based on the following questions:1. Which principles should be applied to development and international development cooperation?2.

Ordet demokrati betyder, som de flesta förmodligen vet, folkstyre. Men vad innebär demokrati om vi bortser från den rent semantiska betydelsen? Hur får demokratin sin innebörd i dag? Och vad får det för konsekvenser?Mitt syfte med denna uppsats har varit att med hjälp av ett diskursanalytiskt angreppssätt granska hur begreppet demokrati framställs i Demokratiutredningens slutbetänkande En uthållig demokrati! (SOU 2000:1). Mitt intresse inriktades även på hur den demokratiska medborgaren beskrevs i texten. Vad avser man med ordet demokrati? Hur konstrueras demokratin och den demokratiska medborgaren i texten?Demokratin och dess historia beskrivs vanligen linjärt där demokratin betraktas som en i det närmaste fysisk realitet.

Försäkringskassans (FK) handläggare är en central person för att en smidig rehabilitering av långtidssjukskrivna skall kunna äga rum. Jag har velat visa hur FK:s insatser har tett sig för ett antal patienter sett ur företagshälsovårdens perspektiv. Patienterna som har studerats har varit bokade för rehabilitering hos företagshälsovården och de har följts under ett år. FK:s samordningsansvar har tagit sig uttryck i ställningstagande till sju rehabiliteringssteg där första steget är återgång i arbete utan andra insatser än de rent medicinska och det sjunde steget innebär bedömningen att patienten är långvarigt eller varaktigt arbetsoförmögen. I denna studie som enbart visar rehabiliteringen för ett begränsat antal patienter under en begränsad tid kan man ana FK:s närvaro främst i form av begäran om ?särskilt läkarutlåtande om hälsotillstånd? LUH.

This essay is written about how the physical environment affects teachers? own learning. The purpose is to see how the teachers? work is affected by various factors, such as the uses and placement of the teachers? offices, common room, or any other places where a meeting may occur. The survey was conducted using both interviews and observations of the teacher?s office.

The evaluation of the function of the feeding of sheep herds is suggested to involve the work effort, the fulfilment of the nutrient needs of the sheep and the feed waste. Mechanisation of the feeding can be very simple or include high degrees of mechanisation. Three different farms, representing diffeRent levels of mechanisation are presented. Descriptions and analysis of the feeding systems including mechanisation, work effort and estimations of the feed waste are made on each farm. The herd with the most advanced feed mechanisation included a rolling feed band and mix wagon. The other farms were partly or little mechanised including ad lib feeding from big bales and manual distribution of hay and concentrates. The most mechanised farm was able to feed a large herd of sheep at a low work effort and little feed waste. However, the investment in machinery has to be weighed against the improved efficiency.

Organizations today face big challenges as a result of increased exposure. A distinct and recognizable identity is required to differentiate. Consistent and coherent communication about what the organization stands for and where it is going is crucial if you want to succeed. This is a case study of how organizational members from two real estate companies that have merged into one, perceive their merged organization. The method is depth interviews with management representatives and focus group interviews with members from diffeRent levels of the company.

The Earths climate is changing at a higher rate, i.e between 1861 and 1994 the annual mean temperature in Scandinavia increased with 0,68º C and according to recent climate models the annual mean temperature is likely to rise with another 3º C during this century.A warmer climate in many ways is associated with changing conditions for lake ecosystems. An expected higher water temperature and a stronger summer stratification of the water column increases the risk of anoxic conditions at the lake bottom. Thus anoxic conditions are likely to cause a phosphate leakage from the sediment, i.e. a higher internal loading of phosphate.In this project, the extremely warm summer of 2002 has been used as an example for a possible scenario for a future climate. By comparing levels of phosphorus in the summer of 2002 with a ten-year median value, a phosphorus related sensitivity to climate change has been analyzed for 55 Swedish lakes.

The official Swedish interpretation of the concept of citizenship is based on the social-liberal concept of citizenship. According to feminist critique, this interpretation of the concept contains male norms that lead to the exclusion of several groups from full citizenship. There is also a corresponding feminist critique which holds that in the womens´ movement and gender research there are strong norms as well, especially in the form of ethnocentrism. Also, the image of immigrant women in public debate is being questioned and the critics here raise the question of the responsibility of the society for integration. Swedish research on citizenship has focused very little on the situation of immigrant women, and this essay aims at helping to fill this empirical gap.